He grumbles an' growls in his soft voice all day, an' hates himself an' everybody else.

But I don't see much of him.

There's so many of us slaves here that Zog don't pay much attention to us, an' we have a pretty good time when the ol' magician is shut up in his den, as he mostly is." "Could you help us to escape ?" asked the child.
"Why, I don't know how," admitted Cap'n Joe.

"There's magic all around us, and we slaves are never allowed to leave this great cave.
I'll do what I can, o' course, but Sacho is the boy to help you if anyone can.

That little chap knows a heap, I can tell you.